touch (upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch (upon)
Verb
  • Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military also struck the headquarters of Iran's internal security forces, without specifying the agency or location.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • Two men were arrested before this week’s announcement, and the status of the four others wasn’t specified.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Along with her participation in the hotel nights, this also included, Jane testified, instances where she was asked to fly with drugs for Combs.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • This sentence was changed on 30 November 2018 after some readers pointed out to the author instances in the literature that had considered these issues.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
Verb
  • Not to mention, there is a great walking path that connects to the Little Sugar Creek Greenway.
    Katie Black, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
  • But though Toronto has already hired a general manager (Monica Wright Rogers) and assistant general manager (Eli Horowitz), among others, not to mention revealed its name (Tempo), Portland has not built out its basketball operations staff.
    Bob Harkins, New York Times, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Authorities were first alerted to a potential issue after Disneyland Paris staff noticed that the bride at a pre-scheduled wedding appeared alarmingly young, per The Sunday Times.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 June 2025
  • But once the group noticed that Ginny had already died and turned to a zombie, Maggie could not finish the job, and instead handed her knife to Negan to finish off the young girl.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • Several political leaders have been quoted as to the president’s declining mental condition the last two years of his term.
    Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The fact that memorization was a much bigger problem for the most popular books does suggest that Llama may have been trained on secondary sources that quote these books rather than the books themselves.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Even after Trump won back the presidency in November, Republicans have continued to hammer on Biden's age, citing in part new reporting about Biden that was published this year.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • The White House previously issued a brief pause on sector-specific raids, citing concerns from business owners across the country.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 June 2025
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“Touch (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20%28upon%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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